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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OB1" data-source="post: 7184049" data-attributes="member: 6796241">Okay, guideline instead of rule then.  But also, the example only says that the typical party can handle about 6-8 medium to hard encounters before needing to rest.  It doesn't say anything about how many deadly encounters they can handle because it comes after the extensive section complete with tables on how to judge the difficulty of individual encounters and how much adjusted xp a party can handle in an adventuring day.  But people keep holding up that one line like it's gospel.  Again, the guidelines for encounter day xp clearly show that 3 deadly encounters are equal to a full adventuring day of xp.The 6-8 medium/hard encounters is one example of the daily adjust xp tables in play.  3 Deadly are just as valid in those guidelines as 6-8 medium/hard and work just as well with game balance.A 1 or 2 encounter day however is problematic for several reasons, which are fundamental to the design of the game, and which can't be changed without an extensive rewrite of classes and monsters.  When I recently ran a 1 encounter day that contained a full day's adjust XP, I gave characters boons to heal mid combat and still killed 2 PCs.  It can be done, but it requires even more adjustment from the DM.</blockquote>